To all former Eastwick pupils :<\/p>\n
Please read the pages under ‘Children’s Games’, and then – if anything comes to mind – please add to and\/or comment on the list below via the ‘Leave a comment’ option at the end. Thanks.<\/p>\n
Do you remember any details of how we played these games ? Do you remember any other games\/rhymes, etc. Please say if you don\u2019t think we played a particular game or used a particular rhyme, etc :<\/p>\n
Chasing games<\/strong> : Terms used for chaser \u2013 he or it (different terms are used in different parts of the country). You could also quickly say Baggsy not it !<\/em><\/p>\n Kiss chase – Was there a term and\/or a gesture for stepping out of the game for a while so that you couldn\u2019t be caught (e.g. while doing your shoe laces up) ? Counting out<\/strong> \u2013 i.e. choosing who is to be it or he, etc :<\/p>\n Ibble obble black bobble One potater, two potater Eeny meeny miny mo . . . etc<\/p>\n Ip dip sky blue – Counting out is often called dipping. Did we use that term ? Or some other ?<\/p>\n French skipping<\/strong> : like cats cradle, but with a long piece of elastic stretched between the ankles (then knees) of two players standing opposite each other a few feet apart. A third player has to jump over, catching the elastic with their feet, a number of times until the elastic is woven into a set pattern. Then they have to undo it by repeating their previous moves in reverse.<\/p>\n Hand-stands<\/strong> : Piggy-back fights<\/strong> : a boys game only I think.<\/p>\n Playing horses<\/strong> : two children grasp each others hands behind their backs and prance around pretending to be a pair of horses.<\/p>\n . . . . . . ?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To all former Eastwick pupils : Please read the pages under ‘Children’s Games’, and then – if anything comes to mind – please add to and\/or comment on the list below via the ‘Leave a comment’ option at the end. Thanks. Do you remember any details of how we played these games ? Do you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[75,226],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-games-eeny-meeny-macka-racka-flick-cards-royton-lancs-1950s","category-eastwick-primary-school-in-the-1960s","tag-childrens-games","tag-eastwick-primary-school-in-the-1960s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundellbros.co.uk\/kevansmiscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLine he \u2013 i.e. confined to the netball court lines painted on the playground
\nBall he – i.e. throwing a ball to \u2018catch\u2019 the chased.
\nOff-ground he \u2013 i.e anywhere off the ground was \u2018safe\u2019
\nChain he \u2013 each child caught then holds hand with catcher(s) to form a chain<\/p>\n
\n– Was there a safe place where you could not be caught ?
\n– Could those who had been caught be released ?<\/p>\n
\nIbble obble OUT !<\/p>\n
\nTree potater, four
\nFive potater, six potater
\nSeven potater, more
\nO U T spells OUT !<\/p>\n
\nWho\u2019s it ?
\nNot YOU<\/p>\n
\nGet your knives and your forks and CUT IT !<\/p>\n